Bill had the day off of work, so it should not have been such an exhausting Monday! We got up and hit our to-do list pretty hard and tried to just keep the boys playing. I should know better. If I don’t get them out and exercising and doing something, they don’t get tired enough to take a nap. Neither boy napped for even a minute today!

They were a handful and challenged my patience and sanity at every blink. They both are getting old enough that they will play nicely independently. But if they are in the same room, one will find something he likes and will get in to it, then the other will come and try to take it or interfere. And then the crying starts. Today, Bill worked on cutting and installing the long shelving and brackets in the playroom. Using the electric screwdriver made Trevor go nuts and have a tantrum because he wanted to use it to.
I tried to take them outside, but they kept going down the side of the trailer where they are not allowed to go. I was either hauling a screaming boy away from dangerous things or untangling Brendan’s lines all afternoon.

I got really stupid this morning and took Trevor to IKEA on a holiday Monday. The place was beyond packed! We got the brackets we needed for shelving and some light bulbs and stood in the long long lines.
Trevor was so bored, he tried to eat a paper measuring tape.

He handled it pretty well though.

I tried to distract them with something different, so they counted up a big bucket of dimes. It all looks cute and fun – it was – until the insane throwing, fighting, and crying started again!

Because of no-naps, we planned for an earlier bedtime. Brendan is still no better, no worse. I am feeling OK, Trevor is still wheezing, Bill is congested.. pretty much no change. We put Brendan in his vest for his evening treatment and the day started catching up with him. Poor baby!!!

Both boys were asleep by 8:15. I am hoping they still sleep in tomorrow!